WEBVTT JONATHAN: POLICE SAY ALL OF THISSTARTED AS A HIT AND RUNACCIDENT NEAR THIS INTERSECTION.rtTHIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF THEBUMPER FROM ONE OF THE CARSINVOLVED.HE QUICKLY ESCrtALATED TO ANOFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING RIGHTUP THIS STREET.35-YEAR-OLD MAGDIEL SANCHEZ WASSHOT AND KILLED BY AN OKLAHOMACITY POLICE OFFICER LAST NIGHT.POLICE SAY SANCHEZ WHOrt NEIGHBORSSAY IS DEAF AND NON-VERBAL WASARMED WITH A PIPE ANAPPROACHING OFFICERS AT HISPARENT'S HOME NEAR SE 57TH ANDSHIELDS.rt>> HE HAD THIS IN HIS RIGHT HANDAND WAS HOLDING IT UP.JONATHAN: POLICE SAY SANCHEZ'SFATHER, LEFT THE SCENE OF ACRASH AND DROVE TO HIS HOUSE.BUT WHEN OFFICrtERS GOT THERE HISSON CONFRONTED OFFICERS.AS MR. SANCHEZ CAME OFF THEPORCH, HE STARTED ADVANCING TOTHE SECOND OFFICER, AS HSTARTED GOING TOWARD THESErtOFFICERS WITH A PIPE IN HISHAND, THE OFFICERS DISCHARGEDTHEIR WEAPONS.JONATHAN: ONE OFFICER DISCHARGEDA TASER, WHILErt THE OTHER USEDHIS GUN, KILLING SANCHEZ.THIS CELL PHONE VIDEO FROMNEIGHBOR SHOWS THE MOMENTSDIRECTLY AFTER HE WAS SHOT, ASOFFICERS RENDERED AIrt>> THEY KILLED AN INNOCENT MANJONATHAN: ANOTHER NEIGHBOR JULIORAYOS SAYS HE SCREAMED ATOFFICERS THAT SANCHEZ WAS DEAFAND BELIEVES HE MIGHT HAVE BEENCONFUSED.rt>> HE WAS NEVER AGGRESSIVE TONOBODY, HE WAS A REAL NICE GUY.I DON'T THINK HE DESERVED TO DIELIKE THAJONATHAN:rt THE OFFICER WHO USEDHIS GUN IS NOW ON PAIDADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.THE D.A. WILL DECIDE IF THESHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED.

A deaf man is dead and the Oklahoma City police officer who shot him is on leave following an incident on the southeast side.

Authorities said Tuesday night’s officer-involved shooting started with a hit-and-run accident. It quickly escalated to a shooting right up the street.

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The suspect, 35-year-old Magdiel Sanchez, was shot and killed by a police officer outside his parents’ home after he approached officers while armed with a pipe. His neighbors said Sanchez was deaf and nonverbal.

“He had this in his right hand and was holding it up,” Capt. Bo Mathews said.

Sanchez’s father left the scene of a crash and drove to the home, police said. When officers arrived, Sanchez confronted the officers.

“As Mr. Sanchez came off the porch, he started advancing to the second officer,” Mathews said. “As he started going toward these officers with a pipe in his hand, the officers discharged their weapons.”

One officer fired a stun gun while the other used his gun, hitting and killing Sanchez.

Cellphone video from a neighbor shows the moments directly after Sanchez was shot and officers rendered aid. Neighbor Julio Rayos said he screamed at officers that Sanchez was deaf and believed he might have been confused.

“They killed an innocent man,” Rayos said. “He was never aggressive to nobody. He was a real nice guy. I don’t think he deserved to die like that.”

The officer who used the gun is now on paid administrative leave. The district attorney will determine if the shooting was justified.